Senator Charles Schumer is warning small communities and businesses that they’re at an increased risk of being hacked. During a conference call with reporters, Schumer said Russian hackers are specifically targeting small towns and villages in Upstate New York because their systems are more vulnerable. “Big businesses usually can build in a defensive mechanism into […]
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‘Sexting’ is so prolific in the Cootamundra Local Area Command in south-western New South Wales, one family has left the district after an image of their daughter went viral.

Youth Liaison Officer, Senior Constable Joe Camilleri, said police have destroyed seven mobiles belonging to young people recently as they contained inappropriate pictures, while the destruction of a further three phones is being considered.

“We’ve sought some professional advice from our people in Sydney and they can only give a 95 per cent guarantee that those images are removed,” he said.

These kids aren’t intentionally wanting to create child porn, but because of their age, that’s exactly what they’ve done and there are predators out there who would love to get these images and when they do go online, as we all know, you cannot retrieve them.

People in Fairfield are taking action to keep their families out of danger. When they use their cellphones, they’re doing much more than texting. Neighborhood watch-groups are turning-to ‘technology’ to fight crime. You’ve heard it before, “there’s an app for that!” People living Fairfield’s Fair Oaks, Glen Oaks, Forest Hills and Cambridge communities are using an app called Group Me. The app allows users to post messages, upload pictures and alert each other when bad guys roam their neighborhoods. “We get complaints all the time about people running these stop signs, said Forest Hills Neighborhood President Charita Cadenhead. Outside the zooming of cars, Cadenhead considers her neighborhood quiet. “In Forest Hills, it’s still very aesthetically pleasing. I like that about it,” added Cadenhead. But, she’s seen an uptick in crime. “So we are doing what we can to get to know one another. When neighbors get to know one another, we communicate more about what’s going on in the neighborhoods,” added Cadenhead. Cadenhead, and three other neighborhood watch presidents, put Group Me in the hands of homeowners concerned about crime. “They actually track it from block to block and say it’s over here now or I just saw it there […]

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TAMPA — Target. Home Depot. Sony Pictures. The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of what is going on in the Wild West of cybercrime. According to Nextgov, the online resource for federal technology decision makers, energy giant BP faces 50,000 attempts at cyberintrusion a day. Read More….

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